Johns Hopkins University

Does a light-touch intervention to connect county legislators with research and researchers improve their use of research evidence?

Johns Hopkins University and the Fort Belknap Indian Community will conduct and use research to develop a culturally-responsive intervention for preventing suicide among adolescents and young adults of the Nakoda and Aaniih Nations.

What is the potential for local decision makers to improve youth outcomes by adopting programs that have yielded positive effects in other sites?

Does federally assisted housing lead to better outcomes for low-income youth by making housing more affordable for their parents?

This grant will support two convenings focused on Foundation-commissioned papers.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Equality of Educational Opportunity Report, now commonly known as the Coleman Report, Johns Hopkins University will assemble leading experts to engage with research and policy questions related to the educational opportunity of the ...

This funding completes the archiving of the Beginning Schools Survey data archived at Harvard’s Murray Research Center, a data archive and lending library for research projects focused on youth development.

How do times of economic boom and bust affect the family setting and youth as they transition from adolescence to young adulthood?

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)—a school intervention widely implemented throughout the United States—aims to promote a healthy school climate and prevent disruptive student behavior by establishing clear behavioral expectations and positive reinforcement.

When is moving beneficial or detrimental to youth development, and how do changes in family, school and neighborhood contexts condition the effects of moving?

Dr. Alexander has reached an agreement with Harvard’s Murray Research Center to store all Beginning School Study (BSS) survey and school record data for future dissemination to the research community.